University spin-offs are important mechanisms for creating and capturing value from
scientific inventions. Academic scientists are uniquely positioned to shape such …

Purpose: This paper examines and discusses the need for micro level analyses of academic
entrepreneurship and outlines a micro level research agenda for the study of academic …

The relationship between ownership structure and the quality of academic inventions has
not been deeply analysed, despite its relevance for the literature on IPR and university …

This paper provides evidence that university-industry collaboration is important for turning
commercial opportunities into patents. The results suggest that researchers who receive a …

Silicon Fen (SF) is a cluster of high-tech firms located around the University of Cambridge
(UoC) in the UK. This article, for the first time, investigates the technological bonds between …

This study explores the role of contemporaneous peer effects in driving an academic's
involvement with industry. Specifically, we examine the influence of workplace peers and …

Many European countries have followed the American example by changing the intellectual
property laws governing university technology transfer from university inventorship to …

This article aims to provide a deeper understanding of the individual factors behind
scientists' involvement in a wide variety of knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities …

Over the past 20 years, European universities have increased their propensity to retain title
of their faculty's inventions, but evidence on the value of such patents is at best mixed …

Talent mobility implies technology transfer, and this transfer of implicit knowledge is often
conducted through face-to-face contact and communication between researchers …